Chinese Character 琴 Meanings and components.

Form

琴

Meaning

琴 meaning[3] in English

Guqin 古琴[Gu3 Qin2] (A Type Of Zither).

Musical Instrument In General.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 琴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Wang (王) , and now (今)

Its radical[1] is: 玉 (yu4) which means: Jade, .玉yu4jade

In cangjie it is written with MGOIN

How to write 琴

To write琴qin2guqin 古琴[gu3 … you should write a combination of 王wang2surname Wang , 今jin1now arranged in a 咒 shape:

王 + 今 = 琴

琴 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 琴 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 琴, looks as follow:

琴
Pinyin:qin2 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Guqin 古琴[Gu3 Qin2] (A Type Of Zither) . Musical Instrument In General
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
㇇
Pinyin:㇇

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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